The Outcasts
Kathleen Kent(Author)
Headline Review (Publisher)
Published on 31. December 2025
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-4722-0788-3 (ISBN)
Description
It's the nineteenth century on the Gulf Coast of Texas, a time of opportunity and lawlessness. After escaping the brothel where she's been a virtual prisoner, Lucinda Carter heads for Middle Bayou to meet her lover - a man as charismatic as he is ruthless - who has a plan to make them both rich, chasing age-old rumours of buried treasure. Meanwhile, Nate Cannon, a newly sworn-in Texas policeman with a pure heart and a strong sense of justice, has joined two veteran hunters on the trail of the notorious William McGill, a killer who has dispassionately claimed the lives of men, women and children across the frontier. Who - if anyone - will survive when their paths finally cross? THE OUTCASTS is a richly compelling epic about a group of men who have made a living out of violence, and of a woman who will stop at nothing to make a new life for herself.
Reviews / Votes
Raw, honest and completely captivating -- Anita Shreve A haunting, powerful novel...absolutely compelling -- Daily Mail An incredibly passionate and convincing novel -- Daily Express 'The Traitor's Wife by Kathleen Kent imagines the horrors of the past with unflinching exactitude, sparing little in her descriptions, whether of fighting mastiffs or the hell of a below-decks Atlantic crossing... The narrative is a little fractured, but is more than made up for by compelling characterisation and Kent's superb evocation of a brutal existence. It is up there with the best historical novels' -- The Sunday TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4722-0788-3 (9781472207883)
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Person
KATHLEEN KENT is the author of two bestselling novels, The Heretic's Daughter and The Traitor's Wife. In 2008 she was the recipient of the David J. Langum Sr. Award for American Historical Fiction. Her third novel, set in Texas in 1870, is titled The Outcasts, and will be published in October 2013. She currently lives in Dallas and is working on her fourth book.